Neighboring Tip of the Week - Check in again with your neighbors.

Greetings!

Seven weeks ago, we presented a neighboring tip on checking in with your neighbors. Well, seven weeks later, this tip is just as important as ever. So, this week, we’re presenting it again. If you haven’t checked in with your neighbors in the last seven weeks, now is your opportunity, and we encourage you to do so! If you have, that’s awesome, but because so much has changed since then, we encourage you to check in with them again!

Checking in with our neighbors, just to see how they are doing and catch up, is a vital part of neighboring. We believe it’s also extremely important in the midst of this pandemic. And the thing is, all it takes is a simple greeting, such as “Hi neighbor!” and a simple check-in question, such as “How are you?”, “How are you feeling?”, “What have you been up to?”, “What’s up?”, or “What’s a crackalackin’?” You get the point. There are tons of ways you can verbally check in with your neighbors! Here are a few ways to check in with your neighbors with physical distancing in mind…

• Wash your hands and then knock on your neighbor’s door or ring their doorbell and walk a good distance away before engaging in conversation with them.

• Call your neighbor.

• Wash your hands and then write your neighbor a card or letter and put it in their mailbox.

• Wash your hands and then write your neighbor a note and stick it on their door. 

• Write a chalk message to your neighbor on their sidewalk or driveway. 

• Text your neighbor.

These check-ins are so simple and yet so meaningful! Among so much more, they tell our neighbors that we care about them, help us foster relationships with them, and perhaps even help our neighbors remain healthy!

Happy neighboring!